(a) General rule.--Sheriffs, constables, members of the Pennsylvania State Police and other persons authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth to make arrests shall have the use, for a period not to exceed 48 hours, of borough and township lockups and county correctional institutions for the detention of persons arrested until they can be disposed of according to law, if found necessary by the officer in charge.
(b) Reimbursement.--
(1) Boroughs, cities and townships are entitled to receive compensation of not more than $2 per day of 24 hours, for each prisoner detained under subsection (a), from the treasury of the county having jurisdiction over the person detained.
(2) This subsection does not apply to counties of the second class.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 11 - General Administration
Section 1101 - Benefits to injured employees of State correctional institutions
Section 1102 - Correctional facility for criminological diagnosis
Section 1103 - Recording system for identification of criminal offenders
Section 1105 - Powers and duties of department
Section 1106 - Powers of peace officers
Section 1151 - General transfer authorization
Section 1152 - Transfers to city department
Section 1153 - Expense of removing certain inmates
Section 1154 - Law enforcement use of county correctional institutions
Section 1161 - Return of escaped inmates
Section 1162 - Escaped inmate costs
Section 1163 - Maintenance of escaping inmates under new sentence
Section 1164 - Criminal offense during confinement
Section 1171 - Scope of subchapter
Section 1173 - Return to and redispensing by vendor pharmacy
Section 1174 - Vendor pharmacy redispensing
Section 1175 - Credit for redispensing